The 5 best Sofia Coppola films according to critics

One of the most influential and relevant directors in American cinema today, Sofia Coppola has an award-winning and highly regarded career. Daughter of the famous director Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia began her film career as an actress but found herself behind the camera.

The director has a melancholic visual style and addresses recurring themes such as loneliness, privilege and femininity.

Armed with a consolidated filmography, we have decided to list the 5 most popular Sofia Coppola films, according to specialized critics.

In this selection we based ourselves on the averages attributed to the main Internet review aggregators and sites focused on cinema.

The Stranger We Love (2017)

Adapted from the novel by Thomas Cullinan, which also inspired a 1971 film directed by Don Siegel, “The Stranger We Love” is a psychological drama. Compared to the original work and Siegel’s film, Sofia Coppola’s version brings a different perspective, precisely because it is directed by a woman.

Set during the American Civil War, the plot follows an all-girls boarding school in the South whose routine is interrupted when one of the students encounters a wounded Union soldier. The women decide to take care of the man. However, his presence begins to create tensions.

The film stars Elle Fanning, Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Angourie Rice and Addison Riecke.

available for rental and purchase on Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies, and Apple TV.

On the Rocks (2020)

A comedy-drama well received by critics, “On the Rocks” is considered a lighter and funnier film in Sofia Coppola’s filmography.

In the plot, suspicious of her husband’s (Marlon Wayans) infidelity, a young mother (Rashida Jones) seeks the help of her father (Bill Murray), an aging playboy, to uncover the truth.

available to Apple TV+ subscribers.

Priscilla (2023)

This biographical drama portrays one of the most famous couples in the history of popular culture: Elvis and Priscilla. Based on a memoir by Priscilla Presley, this work, however, focuses primarily on Priscilla and offers a subjective view of her life.

The film follows the couple’s complicated relationship, highlighting the lonely, incarcerated and submissive life of Priscilla (Cailee Spaeny) and the dark side of Elvis (Jacob Elordi).

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The Virgin Suicides (1999)

In her feature film directorial debut, Sofia Coppola made an impact. “The Virgin Suicides” received critical praise for its delicate and melancholic approach.

Set in 1975, the film follows the lives of five suburban teenage sisters who are kept isolated by their parents after the youngest attempts suicide.

The film stars Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Josh Hartnett, Michael Paré, Scott Glenn, Danny DeVito and Hayden Christensen.

available to watch for free on Pluto TV.

Meetings and Encounters (2003)

The second film directed by Sofia Coppola, “Encontros e Desencontros” (2003), earned her worldwide recognition. The feature film won the Oscar for best original screenplay and is almost unanimously considered the director’s masterpiece.

The plot explores the special bond between two Americans in Tokyo: a middle-aged actor in professional and personal crisis (Bill Murray), who is in Japan to shoot a whiskey commercial; and a single, newly married young woman (Scarlett Johansson), left aside by her husband because of her job.

Despite their differences in age and life experiences, they both share anguish, loneliness and challenges in a foreign country.

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